What was the reaction?

DJ Martin Solveig was widely criticised on social media, including by two-time Wimbledon tennis champion Andy Murray, who said on Instagram: “Another example of the ridiculous sexism that still exists in sport.

“To everyone who thinks people are overreacting and it was just a joke… it wasn’t. I’ve been involved in sport my whole life and the level of sexism is unreal.”

How did Solveig respond?

In a video message, he added: “I am a little bit amazed as to what I am reading on the INTERNET. I, of course, didn’t want to offend anyone.

“This comes from a distortion of my English level and my English culture level, which is obviously not enough because I didn’t mean to offend anyone and didn’t know this could be seen as such an offence.

“Especially if you consider the sequence in total, when we ended up dancing to Frank Sinatra.”

Solveig later posted a picture on Twitter of him and Hegerberg shaking hands.

What did Hegerberg say?

Speaking to BBC Sport, she said: “He came to me afterwards and was really sad that it went that way. I didn’t really think about it at the time.

“I was just happy to do the dance and win the Ballon d’Or to be honest. I will have a glass of champagne when I get back.”

Her Lyon team-mate Lucy Bronze, an England defender and Ballon d’Or nominee, told BBC Sport it was “just a joke”.

“The DJ asked each person that won what their dance was but she can twerk, she was lying,” she added. “It was more of a joke of making her dance.”